How do I sue Sprint in Small Claims Court?
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How do I sue Sprint in Small Claims Court?
Hi, I’m located in Washington State. My questions is this. I’m trying to file a small claims against Sprint. The courthouse told me I can only file small claims against those who reside in my county. Sprint’s actual Corporate office doesn’t even reside in the state of Washington. So my question is Do I file it against the Corporate office even though they reside out of state? or do I file it against the store that I’ve having issues with since they are in my county. If I do file it against the store, who would I file it against? the Store manager? The courthouse is very ineffective at helping with this and I plan to bring this issue up when I actually get a case with the Judge.
Asked on December 13, 2016 under Business Law, Washington
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
The courthouse's job is NOT to give you legal advice--in fact, both legally and ethically, they can't advise you, because they are a neutral third party. Therefore, the courthouse staff has done nothing wrong.
Whether you can file against the store depends on why you are suing. If the store is owned by the provider and you have a claim against the provider, you can then very likely sue their local "office" or presence, which is the store.
If the store is NOT owned by the provider, however, then you can only sue the store if the store itself did something wrong: such as if the store employees lied to you about something important (i.e. committed fraud) or violated some contractual obligation which the store, not the provider had (suing for breach of contract). But if your claim is against the provider, you cannot sue a store not owned by them; a store not owned by them is not liable for the provider's actions or ommissions.
If you can sue the store, if the store is owned by a corporation or LLC, you sue the corporation or LLC. If it's owned by an individual, you sue the owner personally.
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